In one scene from this novel a mistress is dismayed when her lover asks her to use a small black sphinx and a clay chimera to reenact a dialogue from Flaubert, while in another incident a man imagines visiting the pub Bodega after being inspired to experience the London of Charles Dickens. One character in this novel throws a dinner party using black tables, glasses, and plates with funereal music playing in the background in which the waitresses are nude black women in an attempt to honor his lost virility. That man later receives all of his food through enema after e
In one scene from this novel a mistress is dismayed when her lover asks her to use a small black sphinx and a clay chimera to reenact a dialogue from Flaubert, while in another incident a man imagines visiting the pub Bodega after being inspired to experience the London of Charles Dickens. One character in this novel throws a dinner party using black tables, glasses, and plates with funereal music playing in the background in which the waitresses are nude black women in an attempt to honor his lost virility. That man later receives all of his food through enema after earlier having an affair with the acrobat Miss Urania. The protagonist of this novel decorates his house with paintings of John the Baptist and Salome by Gustave Moreau as part of his aesthetic exclusion from the world. For 10 points, name this landmark novel of the French Decadent movement that centers on Jean des Esseintes and is written by Joris-Karl Huysmans.
In one scene from this novel a mistress is dismayed when her lover asks her to use a small black sphinx and a clay chimera to reenact a dialogue from Flaubert, while in another incident a man imagines visiting the pub Bodega after being inspired to experience the London of Charles Dickens.
A {Rebours} [accept {Against} the {Grain}]